1. course title: 综合西班牙语（1-6）(基础西班牙语，高级西班牙语)
2. course title: modern spanish
3. course code: 1206013, 1206023, 1206033, 1206043, 1206053, 1206063
4. category: compulsory course
5. students: undergraduates of spanish major, freshman, sophomore and junior
6. course description:
this course teaches the fundamentals of the spanish language, such as pronunciation, grammar, lexicon and syntax; systematically trains the students in basic listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating skills; builds their capacity in communication and application of the language; and organizes them in practice and discussions of the languages, literature, cultures and social issues of spanish-speaking countries, laying the groundwork for their further study.
7. textbooks:
dong, yansheng et al., 2008. modern spanish (vol. 1-4). beijing: foreign language teaching and research press.
8. credit and hours: 4-10 hours per week, 808 hours in total, 46 credits.
9. test mode: written examination
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1. course title: 西班牙语口语（1-4）
2. course title: spoken spanish
3. course code: 1206133, 1206143, 1206153
4. category: compulsory course
5. students: undergraduates of spanish major, freshman and sophomore
6. course description:
this course begins with basic expressions in daily conversations before moving on to expressions in paragraphs, such as retelling of and commenting on reading materials. this course offers systematic training that helps the students use the language fluently in daily conversations with a special emphasis on pronunciation, inflection and diction.
7. textbooks: handouts
8. credit and hours: 2 hours per week, 104 hours in total, 6 credits
9. test mode: oral examination
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1. course title: 西班牙语口语与基础写作
2. course title: oral spanish and basic writing
3. course code: 1206553
4. category: compulsory course
5. students: undergraduates of spanish major, sophomore
6. course description:
this course offers further oral training following the spoken spanish course of the three previous terms and engages the students in conversations concerning various social issues and expressions at the paragraph level. it also focuses on writing by providing instructions on styles and rules of narration and simple practical writing, and supervising basic writing assignments. the students are required to be able to conduct daily conversations and rudimentary interpreting tasks and to write a consistent, structurally sound 120-word essay on a given topic within 30 minutes.
7. textbooks: handouts
8. credit and hours: 2 hours per week, 36 hours in total, 2 credits
9. test mode: oral and written examination
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1. course title: 西语听力（1-4）
2. course title: listening
3. course code: 1206093, 1206103, 1206113, 1206123
4. course type: compulsory course
5. students: undergraduates of spanish major, freshman and sophomore
6. course description:
in this course, students are required to distinguish similar phonemes and words in daily conversations and short paragraphs from the beginners’ level to the intermediate level; grasp the key words, respond quickly to numbers, time and directions; summarize and recite typical expressions; distinguish and analyze the tones, attitudes, purposes and opinions of the speaker; discern the implied meanings; and understand the overall content and key points of the audio-visual materials and answer questions.
7. textbooks: handouts
8. credit and hours: 2 hours per week, 140 hours in total, 8 credits
9. test mode: written examination
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1. course title: 西语泛读
2. course title: extensive reading
3. course code: 1206523, 1206533, 1206543
4. course type: compulsory course
5. students: undergraduates of spanish major, freshman and sophomore
6. course description:
this course offers reading materials covering literature, culture, politics, economy, society, history and science in the format of the fairy tale, narration, short story, novel, biography and poetry. the students are to expand their vocabulary, improve their language skills and broaden their general knowledge in this course.
7. textbooks:
lu, jingsheng ed., 2009. lectura en español (vol. 1-4). shanghai: shanghai foreign language education press.
8. credit and hours: 2 hours per week, 108 hours in total, 6 credits
9. test mode: written examination
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1.course title: 西班牙语写作
2.course title: writing
3. course code: 1206563
4.category: compulsory course
5. students: undergraduates of spanish major, juniors
6.course description:
the aim of this course is to train students in the ability of writing in spanish. the course covers the explanation of spanish writing skills, including the use of punctuations, the organization of sentences, paragraphs, texts, and features of some genres. in class, teachers will impart necessary writing theories, skills and techniques to students as well as make comments on their home writing assignments so that students could gradually learn to avoid and correct their mistakes, gain the relevant experience and improve writing ability
7.textbooks:
zhang, xuhua. 2001. spanish practical writing. shanghai: shanghai foreign language education press.
8.credit and hours: 2 hours per week, 36 hours in total, 2 credits
9.test mode: written examination
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1. course title: 西班牙语报刊选读
2. course title: newspaper and magazine reading
3. course code: 1206573
4. category: compulsory course
5. students: undergraduates of spanish major, junior
6. course description:
this course chooses the representative news reports as the main contents of lectures. by explaining language points, some flexible and vivid expressions, and offering relevant background information of this news items, teachers can thus help students get acquainted with spanish newspaper writing, guide them to gradually gain a better reading comprehension of spanish media writings.
7.textbooks:
liu, yuanqi. 2008. introduction to spanish newspaper and magazine reading. shanghai: shanghai foreign language education press.
8.credit and hours: 2 hours per week, 36 hours in total, 2 credits
9.test mode: written examination
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1. course title: 西语高级阅读与写作（1-3）
2. course title: advanced spanish reading and writing
3. course code: 1206583, 1206593, 1206603
4. category: compulsory course
5. students: undergraduates of spanish major,juniors，seniors
6. course description:
this course will use some quality news reports on current issues as well works in various styles as teaching materials. it aims at helping students do outside-class reading of newspaper articles as well as of original works in literature and practical writings. teaching of reading will be accompanied with teaching of advanced and intensive writing practice, so as to further enhance students writing ability, preparing them for the final graduation thesis writing.
7. textbooks: handouts
8. credit and hours: 2 hours per week, 90 hours in total, 5 credits
9. test mode: written examination
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1.course title: 西班牙、拉美文化
2.course title: cultures of spanish-speaking countries
3. course code: 1206333
4.category: compulsory course
5.students: undergraduates of spanish major, sophomores
6. course description:
this course aims at getting students acquainted with cultures of spanish-speaking countries, imparting them with essential knowledge such as on geographical overview, history, political constitutions and institutions, diplomatic relationships, economic and cultural development, and social life of these countries. lectures will make full use of relevant textbooks and the internet information as well.
7. textbooks:
li, duo. 2009. introduction to spanish-speaking countries. shanghai: shanghai foreign
language education press.
8. credit and hours: 2 hours per week, 36 hours in total, 2 credits
9. test mode: written examination
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1. course title: 西班牙、拉美文学
2. course title: selected reading in spanish literature
3.course code: 1206463，1206473
4.category: compulsory course
5.students: undergraduates of spanish major, juniors
6. course description:
this course aims at getting students acquainted and understand spanish and latin literature. teaching contents will include both classic and modern and contemporary spanish literatures with the latter as the main focus. in class, literary history, major writers and works will be introduced, so that students can have an overview knowledge and better appreciation of spanish and latin literature.
7.textbooks:
chen, zhongyi, wang, liushuan. 2006. a concise history of spanish literature.
shanghai: shanghai foreign language education press.
zhao, deming, zhao, zhenjiang. 2001. history of latin american. beijing: peking press.
8.credit and hours: 2 hours per week, 72 hours in total, 4 credits
9.test mode: written examination
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1.course title: 西语语法
2.course title: spanish grammar
3.course code: 1206083
4.category: compulsory course
5.students: undergraduates of spanish major, juniors
6.course description:
this course is one that combines the teaching of grammatical rules with students’ written or oral practice of spanish. it covers some basic grammar knowledge, such as vocabulary features, parts of speech, word formation and change, sentence structures, and so on. a comparison between spanish grammar and chinese one will be applied and the most difficult parts of grammar to chinese students will be given special attention and practice. class activities will include teachers’ teaching, questions and answers and discussion among students, etc.
7.textbooks:
sun, yizhen. 2006. practical new spanish grammar. shanghai: shanghai foreign language
education press.
zhang, xuhua. 2006. spanish rhetoric. shanghai: shanghai foreign language education press.
8. credit and hours: 2 hours per week, 36 hours in total, 2 credits
9. test mode: written examination
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1. course title: 西语翻译（西译中，中译西）
2. course title: translation between spanish and chinese
3. course code: 1206443，1206453
4. category: compulsory course
5.students: undergraduates of spanish major, juniors and seniors
6. course description:
this course is divided into two stages: the junior will focus on the spanish-chinese translation and the senior will focus on the chinese-spanish translation. although the course will introduce some translation theories, methods and techniques, emphasis is still on translation practice. in class, teachers will give students some translation tasks and help them solve the problem in process of translation. home translation assignments will be given, which teachers will edit and comment on. the final goal is to enhance students’ translation and application ability between the two languages.
7. textbooks:
sheng, li. 2005. a textbook in spanish-chinese translation. beijing: foreign language teaching and research press.
zhao, shiyu. 2001. a textbook in spanish-chinese translation. beijing: foreign language teaching and research press.
8. credit and hours: 4 hours per week, 144 hours in total, 8 credits
9. test mode: written examination
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1. course title: 西语视听说（1-3）
2. course title: audio-visual class
3. course code: 1206413，1206423, 1206613
4. category: compulsory course
5. students: undergraduates of spanish major, juniors and seniors
6. course description:
as a follow-up of earlier training in listening, this course aims at providing spanish juniors and seniors with an audio-visual approach to learning further about spanish politics, economics and socio-culture via materials including recording, kinescope, broadcasting, television and other media. the goal of the course is to expose students to real situations of discussions, interviews, commentaries, public speeches, films and tv programs presented in spanish, and to enhance their listening comprehension and oral presentation. it is expected that students will be able to reproduce, ask and answer questions and make comments on what they see and hear, based on the collected materials of different kinds.
7. textbooks: handouts
8. credit and hours: 2 hours per week, 108 hours in total, 6 credits
9. test mode: oral examination
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1. course title: 专题讨论
2. course title: topics debate
3. course code: 1206373
4. category: compulsory course
5. students: undergraduates of spanish major, seniors
6. course description:
contents of debating class are concerned with current political, economic, foreign and social affairs of global and local importance, and is designed to open students’ eye and mind to different topics and to enable them to air their own views via classroom discussions, presentations and debates. it is expected that students will improve their oral presentation skills, through practices and training in skilled language use, quick response, logical expression, self-control, etc.
7. textbooks: handouts
8. credit and hours: 2 hours per week, 36 hours in total, 2 credits
9. test mode: written examination, aural examination, or term paper
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1. course title: 经贸西语
2. course title: business spanish
3. course code: 1206433
4. category: compulsory course
5. students: undergraduates of spanish major, seniors
6. course description:
this course is organized around two major components: teaching of spanish business terminologies relating to pricing, business talks and foreign trade, etc. on the one hand, and writing of commercial letters, international sales contracts and international economic and technological cooperation agreements on the other. it is designed to equip students with business writing skills, some basic knowledge in business as well as in actual procedures concerning foreign economy and trade, so as to prepare students for their future employment.
7. textbooks:
zhao, xuemei. 2003. spanish business practical writing. beijing: china astronautic press.
8. credit and hours: 2 hours per week, 36 hours in total, 2 credits
9. test mode: written examination
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1. course title: 西语口译（1-3）
2. course title: interpretation between spanish and chinese
3. course code: 1206403
4. category: compulsory course
5. students: undergraduates of spanish major, juniors and seniors
6. course description:
this course teaches interpretation skills and approaches, aiming at developing students’ basic competence in interpretation between the two languages. teaching and practice materials will be realistic and authentic, as well as of a variety of topics. it adopts mainly the mode of simulated interpretation situations, from common reception of foreign guests to interpreting of special subjects. materials will be taught and practiced progressively according to students’ performance. apart from classroom activities, students will be assigned real interpreting tasks when there are opportunities available.
7. textbooks:
chang, shiru. 2007. spanish interpreting. beijing: foreign language teaching and research press.
chang, shiru. 2008. spanish and chinese interpreting: theory and practice. beijing: foreign language teaching and research press.
8. credit and hours: 2 hours per week, 108 hours in total, 6 credits
9. test mode: oral examination
